jimnyc
05-04-2021, 02:15 PM
And raindrops = 21 ton Chinese rocket falling from space!
Idiots screwed up somewhere and one of the sections of the rocket, generally separate prior to orbit and fall safely back down to earth in the ocean. But they did something wrong and whatever portion of the rocket it is made it into orbit and is now circling the earth out of control until it falls through the atmosphere and your guess is as good as anyone's as to where it might land. Scary shit right here! With luck, a lot will hopefully burn up on re-entry.
I assumed it would be one of the fuel tanks at that weight of tonnage, but not sure. Either way a royal screwup here.
Hope for the water and not in NY somewhere! LOL
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Parts of high-speed, 21-ton Chinese rocket could crash land anywhere in the world over next week
A Chinese rocket that successfully blasted off a building block for a space station is set to make an uncontrolled re-entry back to Earth, and its debris could crash into an inhabited area, according to reports.
The Long March 5B Y2 lifted off on Thursday from China’s southern Hainan island carrying the main module for China’s first permanent space station.
While the module separated from the launcher to continue its journey as planned, the launch vehicle’s core section also reached orbit and is now slowly and unpredictably heading back to Earth.
On Tuesday, the 21-tonne Long March 5B was in orbit travelling at around 28,000 kilometres per hour, or 7 kilometres per second.
In the coming days, it is expected to make one of the largest uncontrolled re-entries of a spacecraft as the Earth’s atmosphere drags it down, and could potentially land on an inhabited area, according to the US-based SpaceNews.
Spaceflight observer and astrophysicist at Harvard University Jonathan McDowell told SpaceNews that it was “unacceptable” to let the core section of the launcher re-enter uncontrolled.
“Since 1990 nothing over 10 tons has been deliberately left in orbit to re-enter uncontrolled,” he said.
The Long March 5B could re-enter at any point as far north as Beijing, Madrid and New York, and as far south as southern Chile and Wellington in New Zealand, SpaceNews reported.
However, it is most likely that any debris which survives the intense heat of re-entry will fall into the larger oceans - which account for around 70 per cent of the Earth - or areas where there are no people living, it added.
Rest - https://www.yahoo.com/news/parts-high-speed-21-ton-092421702.html
Idiots screwed up somewhere and one of the sections of the rocket, generally separate prior to orbit and fall safely back down to earth in the ocean. But they did something wrong and whatever portion of the rocket it is made it into orbit and is now circling the earth out of control until it falls through the atmosphere and your guess is as good as anyone's as to where it might land. Scary shit right here! With luck, a lot will hopefully burn up on re-entry.
I assumed it would be one of the fuel tanks at that weight of tonnage, but not sure. Either way a royal screwup here.
Hope for the water and not in NY somewhere! LOL
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Parts of high-speed, 21-ton Chinese rocket could crash land anywhere in the world over next week
A Chinese rocket that successfully blasted off a building block for a space station is set to make an uncontrolled re-entry back to Earth, and its debris could crash into an inhabited area, according to reports.
The Long March 5B Y2 lifted off on Thursday from China’s southern Hainan island carrying the main module for China’s first permanent space station.
While the module separated from the launcher to continue its journey as planned, the launch vehicle’s core section also reached orbit and is now slowly and unpredictably heading back to Earth.
On Tuesday, the 21-tonne Long March 5B was in orbit travelling at around 28,000 kilometres per hour, or 7 kilometres per second.
In the coming days, it is expected to make one of the largest uncontrolled re-entries of a spacecraft as the Earth’s atmosphere drags it down, and could potentially land on an inhabited area, according to the US-based SpaceNews.
Spaceflight observer and astrophysicist at Harvard University Jonathan McDowell told SpaceNews that it was “unacceptable” to let the core section of the launcher re-enter uncontrolled.
“Since 1990 nothing over 10 tons has been deliberately left in orbit to re-enter uncontrolled,” he said.
The Long March 5B could re-enter at any point as far north as Beijing, Madrid and New York, and as far south as southern Chile and Wellington in New Zealand, SpaceNews reported.
However, it is most likely that any debris which survives the intense heat of re-entry will fall into the larger oceans - which account for around 70 per cent of the Earth - or areas where there are no people living, it added.
Rest - https://www.yahoo.com/news/parts-high-speed-21-ton-092421702.html